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Re:The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 la... by Ferrotin on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @10:59PM (#30940158)
No, he wouldn’t. Programming languages have virtually no vocabulary, compared to natural languages. The differences between two programming languages aren’t the same kind of thing as the differences between two natural languages. Developers already pick up new programming languages easily, and talent there comes from being able to absorb its documentation rapidly.

If we know he has a good memory and doesn’t forget stuff, that is generally an advantage, but the connection that it is a “language” is not the reason.

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Re:The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 la... by Arwill on Thursday April 07, 2022 @07:48AM (#30943229)
I agree, someone speaking multiple languages will not suddenly become good at programming.

But there is a study that showed, that talent for languages matters more for programming skills than talent for mathematics.

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Re:The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 la... by Ferrotin on Thursday April 07, 2022 @12:43PM (#30946961)
But all the best programmers are good at maths.

Did that study do anything beyond intro programming materials? Did that study really show anything?

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